United States Third Circuit - January 2011 Opinion Summaries

Denis v. Attorney Gen. of US

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petitions for review of the determination of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that his conviction for tampering with physical evidence under New...

Morris v. Beard

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In an appeal of conviction for first-degree murder and robbery, the District Court's grant of an evidentiary hearing and subsequent finding that trial...

Smith v. Dunmore

Labor & Employment Law, Civil Rights, Government Law
Grant of summary judgment against a firefighter on his due process claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 are vacated and remanded for consideration of...

Miller v. American Airlines, Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a suit brought by a pilot alleging a violation of section 502(a)(1)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C....

Einhorn v. M.L. Ruberton Constr. Co.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In plaintiff's suit, on behalf of employee benefit funds established pursuant to ERISA, to recover unpaid contributions from defendant as successor...

US v. Brown

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution of defendant for bank robbery and armed bank robbery, district court's grant of defendant's motion to suppress a sample of his DNA on...

Mannella v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Government Law, Tax Law
The United States Tax Court's decision that petitioner did not owe any income taxes, interest, or penalties for the taxable years 1996 through 2000,...

US v. Reevey

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a consolidated appeal of defendants' sentences for their crack cocaine related offenses, district court's refusal to impose a sentence below the...

Barefoot Architect, Inc. v. Bunge

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Civil Procedure, Construction
In an architect's suit against former clients and an architectural firm for violation of the Lanham Act and breach of contract and a claim that...

Cooper Univ. Hops. v. Sebelius

Government Law, Health Law
In a university hospital's suit against the Secretary the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over the amount of Medicare reimbursement that...